Shaw launches telephony in Winnipeg

CALGARY – With provincial telco Manitoba Telecom Services taking away many video subscribers, it’s only natural that Shaw Communications would turn to Winnipeg to launch voice over Internet protocol telephony. Winnipeg today became the third market where the company has launched Shaw Digital Phone, “a reliable, fully featured and affordable residential telephone service that will offer consumers a real alternative to their current telephone provider,” says Shaw’s press release. The service includes a local residential line, unlimited anytime long distance calling within Canada and the U.S., and six calling features: Voicemail, call display, call forwarding, three-way calling, call return and...